Curtain-fixture.



G. E. MOLYNEUX.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1911.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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ATTORNEY.

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G. E. MOLYNEUX.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1911.

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' ATTORNEY,

GEORGE E. MOLYNEUX, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application filed July 17, 1911. Serial No. 638,803.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MoLYNnUx, a citizen of the IInited States, residing in Bayonne, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to curtain fixtures and. particularly, to supporting and controlling means for curtain-poles.

Among the objects of my invention may be noted the follmving: to provide a reversible, extensible curtain-support, together with means whereby said support may be set in any one of several different positions and readily released and reset according to desire: to provide a simple curtain-pole and support adapted for varying widths of windows or other hangings and to be arranged for right or left hand curtains and to be placed in practically any position with reference to the window or door-frame: to provide a simple. cheap. rigid and practical means by which window-curtains, portieres. saslrcurtains. etc. may be held in place and set in any desired relation to the door or window: and to provide means, as set forth in the foregoing. whereby the curtains may be moved to be quickly swung aside. reversed. taken down and replaced according to desire, and can be adapted for single-pole as well as sash-curtains.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I have provided drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my curtain-rod and supporting means, a portion of the rod being shown in section; 2 is a perspective view showing my invention in place upon a window or door-frame; Fig. 3 is a section substantially on the line 8-3 of Fig. 1. showing details of construction; Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the supportingbracket and a portion of the pole; Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of a double bracket made in accordance with my invention: and Fig. 6 is a top plan and partial section of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly, to Figs. 1 to 4, the numeral 1 indicates the supporting-bracket secured to the door or window-frame A, or the framing of any other opening r place where it is desired to apply the same, by means of the screws 2, said bracket having a pair of parallel supporting-arms 3, extending at a right-angle to the portion 1. A pole-part 1 is provided with the enlargement 5, adapted to fit between the parallel arms 3 and be retained by means of the journal-pin 6, the head 7 of which rests on the top arm of the bracket and the smooth body-portion of which passes through its top arm and through the enlargement 5 of the pole-part t, the lower end of the pin being threaded as at 8 into the lower arm of the bracket, thus securing the parts 3 and 5 in place with liberty in the part 5 to swing around between the arms 3. An ornamental ball or other suitable device 9 is arranged so as to extend beyond the enlarged portion 5 and the arms 3, and give the appearance of being formed in continuity with the pole-parts 4 and 5. The enlargement 5 of the pole-part 4 is provided with a plurality of vertical sockets 10.. into which projects a holding pin 11. supported by the outer end of a spring 12, the inner end of which is secured to the lower arm of the bracket by means of the screw 13, and said pin 11 having an extension passing through said free end of the spring and terminating in an eye or loop 14, to which is secured a cord or chain 15, to be manipulated by hand, the spring 12 normally holding the pin 11 in its uppermost and operative position. As shown by dotted-line representation in Fig. 4, any number of sockets 10 may be provided in the enlargement 5, so as to set the pole in any desired position with reference to the opening the curtain is to protect. The pole-part 4 has, encircling it, a tubular portion 16, which, in turn, receives within its outer end a pole-portion 17, the outer end of which is formed into any suitable ornamental device such as a ball 18 similar to 9. As shown in Fig. 1, by thus constructing the pole, its several portions can be extended as desired to accommodate any width of window or door. or any other opening, and the bracket 1 is secured to part of the frame such that it does not interfere with the opening of the door or window irrespective of the character of the latter. By simply pulling upon the element 15, the pole can be released from its supporting-arms and moved from one position to another, by grasping the hanging curtain, until the desired position is reached, whereupon the element 15 is released and the pin 11 will then enter one of the sockets 10 so as to firmly hold the pole in the desired position. Thus, little or a great deal of light or air may be let into the room and a greater or lesser opening through the doorway can be made, and a convenient means is thus provided for preventing drafts and avoiding the direct blow of air upon the person.

The pole may be reversed in position from right to left by removing the ball 9 and then swinging the pole-parts 15 into the position previously occupied by said ball, thus enabling the pole to operate or swing from the left-hand side rather than from the right-hand side, as will be readily understood. Apertures similar to 10 will be provided in the enlargement 5 for cooperating with the holding-pin 11 in the new position of the pole. Also, the bracket 1 may be removed and set on the other side of the frame, thus completely reversing the position and action of the extensible pole. The ball 9, or other ornamental device, may be made as a fixed part of the part 5, or it can be made as a separate and independent device by forming the neck 9 thereof with a plate-extension 9 of any suitable form, and passing screws 9 therethrough at top and bottom into the sides of the parallel arms 8 of the bracket 1, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. By thus forming the ornamental ball and fixing it to the bracket. instead of to the pole-enlargement 5, the latter is enabled to swing independently of the balls into prac tically any position as, for example, is represented by dotted lines 19 in Fig. 4. Thus a greater range is given to the movement of the pole than would be possible if the ball were an integral part of, or fixed to, the enlargement 5, and the ornamental device will always remain in fixed position thus avoiding accidental damage by turning the pole too great a distance upon its pivot pin 6. When the ball 9 is made separate from the enlargement 5 and it is desired to reverse the position of the extensible pole from right to left, as before suggested, the arms 3 of the bracket are provided with screw-threaded apertures 9 on the opposite side thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to receive the screws 9, for holding the ball in the opposite position.

Another important form of my invention provides for the use of two curtain-poles in cases where it is desired to have both lace curtains and portieres suspended from the same window, as is common, this being accomplished, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, by providing a duplex bracket 34, similar in general form to the bracket 1, but provided with the lower arm 35 corresponding to the arms 3 in Fig. 1. The portion of the bracket cooperating with the arm 35 is indicated by 36 and is the body-portion of the extension at the top of the bracket which terminates in two like arms 37. As in the other form of my invention the pole-part 4 is enlarged as at 5 and is j ournaled in the upper portion of the bracket between the arms 37, by means of a pin 6 provided with a head 7, the same as in the form of Figs. 1, 2, etc. Other parts in the structure of Figs. 5 and 6, such as the spring-catch and manipulating cord, are indicated by the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1. In Figs. 5 and 6, however, ballbearings are provided for each of the enlargements, in each instance formed by a plate 38, provided with a series of apertures in which balls 39 are set in any suitable way, said plate being interposed between the top of the enlargement 5 and the bottom of the upper arm 37, the plate being centered by means of the journal-pin 6. The bottom of the enlargement is provided with a circumferential semi-circular groove in which are set a series of balls which on the opposite side are set in a semi-circular groove in the top of the bottom arm 37. T hus. ball-bearings are provided for both the curtainpoles at the top and bottom of the enlargement 5, providing ease of action by reducing friction necessarily imposed by the weight of the curtains. By extending the upper curtain-pole beyond the lower one. in this form of my invention, a. provision is made for the portieres or other draperies being adjusted properly at the top of and outside the lace curtain. without interfering with the latter in any way whatever. It will be obvious that the ball-bearing construction of this form of my invention may be applied with equal facility to the structure of the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. Of course, the portieres can be swung away from the lace curtain without disturbing the latter in the event more light is desired in the room, and without disarranging the window or making the latter look bare by the necessity of also moving the lace curtain.

The extensibility of the curtain-pole enables any width of curtain to be applied and enables the pole to be applied to any width of window or opening, and, in order to cover the entire door or window-framing at the side where the curtain is hung and also to prevent the curtain from sliding along the pole and thus disclosing said framing, a curtain-ring may be applied to the neck 9* of the ball or other ornamental device, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A curtain fixture comprising a supporting bracket provided with a securing-portion and a pair of parallel arms extending from the securing-portion at a rightangle thereto; said securing-portion substantially at a rightangle to the parallel arms; a curtain pole having at one end an enlargement adapted to enter between and cooperate with said parallel arms; means for pivotally sean ornamental device secured to curing the said end to the said arms; and complemental means carried by one of the arms and the said enlargement for securing the bracket and pole adjustably together; the opposite end of said pole having an ornamental piece complemental to the one carried by the securing-member, substantially as described.

2. A curtain fixture comprisin a supporting bracket having a member or securing the same in position, and having a pair of parallel arms; a pole having at one end an enlargement adapted to enter between said arms, the said enlargement being provided with a plurality of apertures circularly arranged; spring-controlled means carried by the lower one of the arms of the bracket for entering the apertures, whereby to hold the pole and bracket adjustably together; means connecting the pole and arms which will enable the pole to have a swinging movement relatively to said arms; and operating means depending from the said spring-controlled means into convenient position for manipulation of the latter, whereby upon actuating the controlling means the pole may be released so as to be swung around into various positions upon the bracket arms.

3. A curtain fixture comprising a supporting bracket having a securing means and a pair of parallel arms; a pole having at one end an enlargement for entering between and cooperating with said arms; means for pivotally securing the said arms and said enlargement together; including ball-bearings arranged between the said arms and opposite sides of said enlargements; spring-controlled means carried by one of the arms, and means complemental thereto carried by the said enlargement for securin the latter adjustably in position be tween t e arms; and means depending from said spring-controlled means for manipulating the latter to release the pole, substantially as described.

4. A curtain fixture comprising a supporting bracket provided with a securing portion and a plurality of parallel arms extending from the securing-portion at a right-angle thereto, and one of which arms is shorter than the others; a plurality of curtain poles pivotally mounted upon said arms in different horizontal planes, each of said curtain poles having at one end an enlargement adapted to cooperate with cer tain of the arms; means for pivotally securing the poles by their enlarged ends to certain of said arms; and complemental means carried by the said enlargements and certain of the several arms, for securing the bracket and poles adjustably together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. MOLYNEUX.

Witnesses:

CHAS. MoC. CHAPMAN, M. E. HILLooK.

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